hoven

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/ˈhoʊvən//ˈhuːvən/

adjective

Affected with the disease called hoove.

“hoven cattle”

OriginMiddle English hoven ← Old English hafen ← Proto-Germanic *habanaz →
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Meanings

hoven1

verb

alternative hove · alternative heaved

  1. alternativeparticiplepastalternative past participle of heave

hoven2

adjectivehoven (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAffected with the disease called hoove.

    hoven cattle

Hoven3

proper nounHoven (plural Hovens)

plural Hovens

  1. A surname.

Origin

hoven · verb

  1. Proto-Germanic*habjaną“to lift, heave”
  2. Proto-Germanic*habanaz
  3. Old Englishhafen
  4. Middle Englishhoven
  5. Englishhoven

From Middle English hoven, alteration of Old English hafen, ġehafen by analogy with class 4 strong verbs (compare broken, past participle of breken (“to break”)), from Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to hove + -en. Compare German Low German hoven (“hoven”, past participle), German gehoben (“hoven”, past participle). More at heave.

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hoven · adjective

From hoove + -en.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hoven

provenwovenBeethovenunprovenclovenTuvan
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoven,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoven.

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